#42230B#42230B

#42230B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.059 H 55.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42230B
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 11)
HSL	hsl(26, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(26, 83%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 83.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.39, 12.47, 21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.39, 24.48, 59.37°)
OKLab	oklab(29.25% 0.0337 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(29.25% 0.059 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.9084, 2.3848, 0.6237)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42230B #0B2A42

analogous

#420B0E #42230B #423F0B

triadic

#42230B #0B4223 #230B42

tetradic

#42230B #0E420B #0B2A42 #3F0B42

square

#42230B #0E420B #0B2A42 #3F0B42

split-complementary

#42230B #0B423F #0B0E42

monochromatic

#1A0E04 #1A0E04 #42230B #763F14 #AB5B1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#42230B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#42230B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42230B

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42230B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42230B	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491C1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42230b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.059 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5e4c',
    500: '#42230b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42230b;
$custom-light: #7a5e4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42230b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.182,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29246,
    "c": 0.05912,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42230B

secondary

#2A5A7F

accent

#9FEE3A

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#0A0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #42230B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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